7. Methods: A Deeper Look

Form ever follows function.

Louis Henri Sullivan

E pluribus unum. (One composed of many.)

Virgil

O! call back yesterday, bid time return.

William Shakespeare

Call me Ishmael.

Herman Melville

When you call me that, smile!

Owen Wister

Answer me in one word.

William Shakespeare

There is a point at which methods devour themselves.

Frantz Fanon

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Soren Kierkegaard

OBJECTIVES

In this chapter you’ll learn:

Image  How static methods and variables are associated with a class rather than specific instances of the class.

  How the method call/return mechanism ...

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